The article deals with the fate of Scandinavian women in Rus’ in the Viking Age. An attempt is made to fill the relevant gaps in the study of Old Rus’ relations with the countries of Northern Europe on the basis of archaeological data (women-owned Scandinavian items and burials in Old Rus’) and written monuments, which still remain out of the focus of most investigators. The figures of Varangian Grand Princesses Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden and Gytha of Wessex, the consorts of Yaroslav the Wise and Vladimir Monomakh, which are practically unknown in Old Russian sources, were also considered together with their supposed role in the political and cultural life of Rus’ in the 11th–12th centuries. In addition, author paid attention to the persistent in sagas literary stereotype of a Scandinavian in Rus’ and his female version. Questions were raised about the legality of scientific judgment about the energy and independence of Scandinavian women in the context of the Old Russian history.Keywords: the Viking Age, Old Rus’, Northern Europe, female Scandinavian burials, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Yaroslav the Wise, Gytha Haraldsdуttir of Wessex, Vladimir Monomakh.